Prayer: Father, may I always be cognizant of my days which are in Your hands. I am Your servant and slave. You determine my days and order my steps. Amen.
Reading: Genesis 27 key: vs. 1-2
Now it was when Isaac grew old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son.”
“Here I am,” he said to him.
2 “Look, I’m old,” he said. “I don’t know the day of my death.
Attention: Are you old enough that you have a parent whose health is failing and nearing death? I do. I have a father who is 89 at this writing, and in visiting him, he walks slower, hunched over with the aid of a walker, his hearing is failing, and he tires easily. He is no longer the virile strong man I remember. It is difficult to see him approaching his last days on earth.
Isaac has grown old and knows his days are numbered. He calls Esau his eldest son and favorite, to his bedside saying, “Look, I’m growing old, I don’t know the day of my death.” None of us know that day, only God does. But we all need to be ready, so that day does not catch us unprepared. Isaac wants to bestow a blessing upon Esau. Unfortunately, his mother overhears Isaac’s request of Esau, and she quickly hashes out a plan with Jacob to deceive and steal Esau’s blessing.
Unlike Isaac, perhaps we need to not wait till we cannot see and are not able to tell which child we are speaking with. In the Hebrew culture, birthright rights and patriarchal blessing are both paramount. For Esau to get cheated out of both his birthright and blessing was enough to push him to the limit, conspiring to kill his brother (vs. 41).
Somehow, I feel the providence of Adonai prevailed over and above all the deception required to steal Isaac’s blessing. Esau didn’t see it that way, but God’s Covenant plan for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was fulfilled. I’m not proposing the justification for deception, but God’s Covenant will always supersede everything.
Action: I am looking ahead to the things which I need to prepare for my graduation.
Yield: I give the numbering of my days over to Adonai.
Engage: I will engage with Adonai in living out my days before Him.
Relationship: I recognized Adonai as my Sovereign when I yield my days and my life to Him.
Prayer: Father, I pray for the restoration of my family and the relationships with every family member. May every family member be reconciled to You first, so that we can be reconciled to each other in unity and peace. Amen.
Memory Verse: Psalm 90:12
12 So teach us to number our days,
so that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Music Video: Kari Jobe/Cody Carnes—Blessing https://youtu.be/tNk_xCa7zaQ
Remember, “Abide in Yeshua, today!”